Sexual

Examples

• Now sexual morality is pretty clearly defined for the Commission. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Sexual selection is, therefore, less rigorous than natural selection. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• All figures which touch upon sexual subjects are nothing but the roughest guesses. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• And whether it is negro slavery or a vicious sexual bondage, the actual advance comes from substitutions injected into society by dynamic social forces. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• With all organic beings, excepting perhaps some of the very lowest, sexual reproduction seems to be essentially similar. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• In regard to the sterility of hybrids, in which the sexual elements are imperfectly developed, the case is somewhat different. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Secondary sexual characters are highly variable, and such characters differ much in the species of the same group. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Now this limited conception of sex has had a disastrous effect: it has forced the Commission to ignore the sexual impulse in discussing a sexual problem. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Vice in our cities is a form of the sexual impulse--one of the forms it has taken under prevailing social conditions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• How much of this really seeks to create a fine expression of the sexual impulse? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Why are the sexual problems not even stated? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The rule applies very strongly in the case of secondary sexual characters, when displayed in any unusual manner. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• There, at least, is one method of sexual expression which may have positively beneficent results. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The dance halls, the social centers, the playgrounds, the reception of strangers--these can become instruments for civilizing sexual need. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Thus feminism, arising out of a crisis in sexual conditions, has liberated energies that are themselves the motors of any reform. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• In short, the Commission did not face the sexual impulse squarely. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• I think it will be admitted by naturalists, without my entering on details, that secondary sexual characters are highly variable. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• A woman once told me that she had let her son grow up ignorant of his sexual life because a mother should never mention anything 'embarrassing' to her child. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• All other sexual expression would come under the ban of disapproval. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• This leads me to say a few words on what I have called sexual selection. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• It is certain that with species the cause lies exclusively in differences in their sexual constitution. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The report is an attempt to deal with a sexual problem by disregarding its source. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Divorce is a contributory factor to sexual vice. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The rule applies to males and females; but more rarely to females, as they seldom offer remarkable secondary sexual characters. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.

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